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EPISODE 80 | Fair Dinkum: 4 Mysteries from Down Under

Australia - a land with a checkered past where everything, it seems, wants to kill you (even the magpies). It's the land of the Dreamtime, and vegemite, and Zooper Dooper ice blocks, and shopping trolleys dumped in car parks. It's also a land of mystery and the unexplained. Sometimes.

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SECTIONS

1. 02:43 - Spoiler Alert: Picnic at Hanging Rock (Victoria)
2. 11:06 - Life a Beach: the Somerton Man/Taman Shud Case (South Australia)
3. 33:05 - Harry Pulls a Harry: The Disappearance of PM Harold Holt (Victoria)
4. 41:29 - Learning to Fly: the Frederick Valentich disappearance (Bass Strait)

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

Apologies for any wonky pronunciation errors on my part. 

More Info

• 'You know you're in Australia when...' article
• 42 Things Australia is Famous For (12 Only Aussies Will Get!)
• 87 Australian Slang Terms to Help You Speak Like a True Aussie
• The Mystery Of Hanging Rock: Australia’s Most Famous Missing Persons Case
• Picnic At Hanging Rock: A mystery still unsolved
• The True Story Behind ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’
• Picnic At Hanging Rock’s biggest mystery answered
• The Truth Behind Joan Lindsay’s Classic Novel
• What Really Happened at Hanging Rock: The True Story
• Beyond the Rock: The Life of Joan Lindsay and the Mystery of Picnic at Hanging Rock by Janelle McCulloch
• Anemptyglass Wikia - a Somerton Man wiki
• Somerton Man list of facts
• List of facts on the Taman Shud Case that are often misreported
• Somerton Man has long been riddled with Russian spy speculation, but is it a red herring?
• Somerton man mystery ‘solved’ as DNA points to man’s identity, professor claims
• Mystery of Australia's 'Somerton Man' solved after 70 years, researcher says
• Mystery of Somerton man’s identity solved after 73 years, researchers in Australia say
• Harold Holt: 50 years since Australia's 'first 20th century PM' disappeared into the sea
• The Life and Death of Harold Holt [electronic resource] by Tom Frame
• Holt submarine theory 'madness': grandson
• Holt disappearance theories resurrected online
• Final word on Holt. The Chinese didn't do it
• Strange Lights Before Cessna 182 Goes Missing. After 42 Years, the Mystery Lingers
• Frederick Valentich plaque on Monument Australia
• Frederick Valentich's 'UFO' Sighting and Disappearance
• The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved in Skeptical Inquirer

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